Hell of wind: umbrellas fly, trees down – Chronicle
Siena, 21 February 2022 – Hell. Concentrated from 17.30 to 19.20 which saw the firefighters engaged throughout the province of Siena, especially in the area of Valdelsa. With fallen trees, landslides, tiles splashed away, umbrellas of the premises that looked like Mary Poppins’ because they flew into the sky, caught in the whirlwind of the wind. The firefighters of the provincial command and detachments also recalled personnel on duty before the shift and at past 21, after having completed 11 interventions related to the wind in just over an hour and a half, there were still a couple to be carried out.
The ‘Palio’ whitewashed, in the stretch between Colle and Poggibonsi due to the hail that covered the carriageway, as shown in the photo sent by a reader. Strong hailstorm also in the south of the province, overlooking the Amiata. Under La Foce the police firefighters went in an accident.
The wind has also created problems in piazza San Giovanni in Siena, where a vortex was created that caused damage, even to the signs. The Municipality intervened on the spot with its staff. It went well road to Certosa where a plant fell on a car in which there was no one. Small landslide in Malafrasca where the Municipal of Siena intervened, a palm tree rests on the roof of an old gymnasium in Colle Val d’Elsa. “Maximum gusts expected on the Sienese up to 60-80 kilometers per hour with local peaks even around 90”, were the forecasts of MeteoSiena24.